Lucifer - S3, Episode 2
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shadowkatAfter Poldark, which has pacing problems...my attention kept wandering, too much focus on Mr. & Mrs Narcissist Warleggan, not enough on Dr. Ennis, Caroline, and Delmelza, watched Lucifer, which I enjoyed a lot more. Sorry, but there it is. Lucifer is just the more enjoyable series.
Lucifier - Episode 3.2
Eh, spoilers ensue. Still not feeling the love for Welling's Pierce or Ella. The Procedural story however had me laughing really hard at one point...and was rather run. I'm wondering if the writers have decided to use the procedural storylines as comic relief? If so, they really need to tone down Ella's fannishness. It's grating on my nerves.
1. Hee, I figured out the whole wing metaphor bit at the same time Doctor Linda did. Both men are letting their wings or lack thereof define who they are. Amendial ("Amen" - thank you Dr. Linda) is upset that he doesn't have wings and feels less without them. It's as if he's defined by them.
Lucifer feels that the fact that he can't get rid of his...defines him. They both see the wings as a connection to their father -- and a test. Lucifer resents the fact that his father has forced wings on him, he doesn't want to be defined by Dad, while Amen is upset that his father has removed them, he wants to serve and be defined by his father.
Dr. Linda tries to tell both that it's what they choose to do with the wings that defines them, not the wings themselves. That what they do defines them, not what their physical attributes are -- which lets face it are external and they have no control over.
This theme is furthered, albeit in a lighter manner with the procedural case of the week -- where the comics feel defined by their jokes, in particular the joke about the micro-penis. The mislead is that the murderer is the man embarrassed by the micro-penis jokes. When in reality its the associate who is upset about losing her gig.
2. Welling's Lt. Pierce warns Lucifer off the Sinnerman, and acts as if he has no idea who Lucifer is - - yet puts him in a room with a suspect to get answers. I wish Welling was a better actor, because I honestly can't read him at all -- he looks bored. There's no mysterious glint or anything. And his skin looks grayish yellow -- is this the lighting? And outside of the penthouse scenes, the costume department hates him. So too does the makeup department. And the hair department. I get we are going for an older Lt. look...but..
I'm beginning to think Pierce is the Sinnerman. He states the Sinnerman started in Chicago and followed him here, and he lost someone really close to him. But he acts as if losing this person was akin to losing a case or something minor. But that could be Welling's acting and not...indicative of who the character is supposed to be. My gut says he is the Sinnerman, because honestly if I decided to cast the guy who played Superman in this series -- that's what I'd do.
Also so far, he's not interested in Chloe at all. He's into Lucifer. Which is a good thing considering Lucy is the only one he has any chemistry with. But then Ellis has chemistry with everyone.
Still...it would be an interesting foil for Lucy if he were the Sinnerman, an urban legend taken human form that is in competition with the actual devil.
3. Lucifer once again misreads Dr. Linda and decides to embrace his devilish side in an attempt to get rid of the wings. The opening bit with the sex sort of explained why he wanted to get rid of the wings -- people are thinking he's an angel, which he actually is -- a fallen angel. The woman in the opening scene suggests he keep the wings and she could dress up as a devil...which annoys him, because he's the devil damn it.
Lucifer is in part annoyed by it -- because his name means truth and light-bringer. He never lies.
And his gift is to shine the light on things. Truth isn't necessarily nice. When he pushes people to reveal their desires -- he's acting as a lie detector -- forcing them to reveal deep truths. He can figure out if they did it or not, in most cases via this trick.
So, he feels the wings are a lie. They aren't who he is, who he's defined himself as being.
As a result, after talking to Dr. Linda, he goes back to being the Devil, doing what he did to define him. Actions, not wings. He gives out favors with devilish glee.
Odd, the show is on at 8, yet it's going a bit darker than last season when it was on at nine.
Meanwhile the family show about mutants is on at 9, shouldn't that be on at 8? Granted no-one actually watches television live any longer, but still.
I loved this episode.
But, I'm not really "fannish" about the series. I feel no need to purchase the DVDs or re-watch the episodes. I don't really feel that way about any series at the moment. The closest I came was the Great British Baking Show and Daredevil this summer, but that was more out of boredom than anything else...and in regards to Great British Baking...comfort food.
Lucifier - Episode 3.2
Eh, spoilers ensue. Still not feeling the love for Welling's Pierce or Ella. The Procedural story however had me laughing really hard at one point...and was rather run. I'm wondering if the writers have decided to use the procedural storylines as comic relief? If so, they really need to tone down Ella's fannishness. It's grating on my nerves.
1. Hee, I figured out the whole wing metaphor bit at the same time Doctor Linda did. Both men are letting their wings or lack thereof define who they are. Amendial ("Amen" - thank you Dr. Linda) is upset that he doesn't have wings and feels less without them. It's as if he's defined by them.
Lucifer feels that the fact that he can't get rid of his...defines him. They both see the wings as a connection to their father -- and a test. Lucifer resents the fact that his father has forced wings on him, he doesn't want to be defined by Dad, while Amen is upset that his father has removed them, he wants to serve and be defined by his father.
Dr. Linda tries to tell both that it's what they choose to do with the wings that defines them, not the wings themselves. That what they do defines them, not what their physical attributes are -- which lets face it are external and they have no control over.
This theme is furthered, albeit in a lighter manner with the procedural case of the week -- where the comics feel defined by their jokes, in particular the joke about the micro-penis. The mislead is that the murderer is the man embarrassed by the micro-penis jokes. When in reality its the associate who is upset about losing her gig.
2. Welling's Lt. Pierce warns Lucifer off the Sinnerman, and acts as if he has no idea who Lucifer is - - yet puts him in a room with a suspect to get answers. I wish Welling was a better actor, because I honestly can't read him at all -- he looks bored. There's no mysterious glint or anything. And his skin looks grayish yellow -- is this the lighting? And outside of the penthouse scenes, the costume department hates him. So too does the makeup department. And the hair department. I get we are going for an older Lt. look...but..
I'm beginning to think Pierce is the Sinnerman. He states the Sinnerman started in Chicago and followed him here, and he lost someone really close to him. But he acts as if losing this person was akin to losing a case or something minor. But that could be Welling's acting and not...indicative of who the character is supposed to be. My gut says he is the Sinnerman, because honestly if I decided to cast the guy who played Superman in this series -- that's what I'd do.
Also so far, he's not interested in Chloe at all. He's into Lucifer. Which is a good thing considering Lucy is the only one he has any chemistry with. But then Ellis has chemistry with everyone.
Still...it would be an interesting foil for Lucy if he were the Sinnerman, an urban legend taken human form that is in competition with the actual devil.
3. Lucifer once again misreads Dr. Linda and decides to embrace his devilish side in an attempt to get rid of the wings. The opening bit with the sex sort of explained why he wanted to get rid of the wings -- people are thinking he's an angel, which he actually is -- a fallen angel. The woman in the opening scene suggests he keep the wings and she could dress up as a devil...which annoys him, because he's the devil damn it.
Lucifer is in part annoyed by it -- because his name means truth and light-bringer. He never lies.
And his gift is to shine the light on things. Truth isn't necessarily nice. When he pushes people to reveal their desires -- he's acting as a lie detector -- forcing them to reveal deep truths. He can figure out if they did it or not, in most cases via this trick.
So, he feels the wings are a lie. They aren't who he is, who he's defined himself as being.
As a result, after talking to Dr. Linda, he goes back to being the Devil, doing what he did to define him. Actions, not wings. He gives out favors with devilish glee.
Odd, the show is on at 8, yet it's going a bit darker than last season when it was on at nine.
Meanwhile the family show about mutants is on at 9, shouldn't that be on at 8? Granted no-one actually watches television live any longer, but still.
I loved this episode.
But, I'm not really "fannish" about the series. I feel no need to purchase the DVDs or re-watch the episodes. I don't really feel that way about any series at the moment. The closest I came was the Great British Baking Show and Daredevil this summer, but that was more out of boredom than anything else...and in regards to Great British Baking...comfort food.
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Date: 2017-10-10 09:38 pm (UTC)